ayyam-i-ha celebration

last night, carole and matthew (patrik's sister and brother-in-law) had an ayyam-i-ha celebration at their flat... i wish i had remembered to take pictures! i'm so terrible at remembering to take my camera out-- almost every photo i've posted so far was taken by someone else and emailed to me! ~ it was a really nice night, about 39 people from all over, including some pilgrims from cameroon, so there was a lot of singing and drumming... very fun :) everyone brought lots of food (we're all stocking up for the fast, it seems like! i've had 4 different types of dessert as presents today!) and a mr. hall, a counsellor from australia, gave a little talk on the meditation during the fast. afterwards, as we were cleaning up, patrik and carole started singing to pass the time as they did the dishes, and it was so beautiful... perfect harmonies... all songs written by their family... i hope maybe one of patrik's brothers will come to the wedding, and that way there will be some amazing music surrounding us that day... there's no way to describe it until you hear it for yourself...